"Breakthrough"

"Breakthrough"

To know the meme behind the design, scroll to the joke part below

T-90M

The T-90M or (Объект/ Object 188M) or "Proryv-3" (Прорыв-3; Breakthrough-3), is a Russian MBT (Main Battle Tank) manufactured by Uraltransmash. The "Breakthrough" is a modern produced Russian MBT that is also in service with the Russian army. The "Breakthrough" was first shown in early 2010s and first spotted in 2017. The "Breakthrough" is a modified T-90A

T-90M "Breakthrough" stats:

  • Improved FCS
  • Improved gun laying motors
  • Improved armaments 
  • new welded turret
  • Remote-controlled weapon station
  • Better auto-loader, and newer ammunition placement 
  • Composite layers of armor around the turret and hull
  • R-ERA (Relikt) around the turret and sides
  • Basic hull armor of 176/ 80/ 40 mm (Front, Side, Back), and basic turret armor of 235/ 70/ 50 mm (Front, Side, Back)
  • Features LWS and LRF (Laser Warning/ Range System/ Finder)
  • Dual control for the commander
  • Self-entrenching equipment
  • T-ESS (Thermal Engine Smoke-generating System)
  • PTWR (Power-to-weight ratio) 22.2 hp/t, 1,130 hp (Horse Power)
  • Weights 51t 
  • Gen 3 thermals optics for both commander and gunner, and NV (Night Vision)
  • 12x zoom capabilities for both the commander and gunner optics
  • Features an auto-loader with a stable 7.1 seconds reload/ round
  • Main gun is a 2SP (Two-Plane Stabilized) 125 mm 2A46M-5 cannon, which is able to carry 9M119M1 T-ATGMs (Tandem-charged Anti-Tank Guided Missile), with the ability to penetrate over 845 mm of armor regardless of the distance
  • Is able to carry a 3BM60 APFSDS (Armor Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot), with the ability to penetrate over 540 mm of armor on a 2km range
  • Is able to carry artillery 3OF26 HE-F shells (High-Explosive Fragmentation), with 5.2 kg of equivalent of TNT explosives, and 850 m/s muzzle velocity
  • Turret rotation depends on the crew; however, the base is 28-40 degrees/s for both horizontal and vertical 
  • Features a 2PS 12.7 mm 6P49MT remote-controlled machine gun, top mounted on the turret, with a fire rate of 700 shots/min, and Vertical Guidance of -10/45 degrees
  • The 6P49MT machine gun is able to penetrate LT (light tanks), IFV (infantry fighting vehicle), helis, drones, or aircrafts, with 34 mm of armor penetration using the API-T/IAI/API-T/AP-I(c)
  • Features a coaxial 7.62 mm PKT machine gun, with a fire rate of 700 shots/min
  • Vertical Guidance of -6/13 degrees
  • Max speed of 60 km/h FORWARDS, and 4 km/h REVERSE

The joke

The T-90M is equipped with the most advanced features, TECH, and all, yet they somehow forgot to look BACK a bit in case of emergency (or reposition).

The Breakthrough is a real actual Breakthrough, fun fact, in War Thunder myself I got 6 nukes with the Breakthrough alone.

"Breakthrough"

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